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North Moluccan Flying Fox
Pteropus caniceps Gray, 1870
Also calledGraukopfflugfuchs (deu) · Nordmolukken-Flughund (deu) · Rudawka popielatogłowa (pol) · Volpe volante dalla testa cinerina (ita) · Zorro Volador De Cabeza Ceniciento (spa) · kaloň severomolucký (ces) · luoteismolukkienlenkko (fin) · Седая летучая лисица (rus) · ค้างคาวแม่ไก่มาลูกูเหนือ (tha) · モルッカオオコウモリ (jpn) · 북부말루쿠날여우박쥐 (kor) · 잿빛머리날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus. p.107
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus caniceps subsp. caniceps Gray 1870 Subspecies Pteropus caniceps subsp. dobsoni Andersen 1908
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: caniceps species group. Includes dobsoni; see Laurie and Hill (1954). Also see Flannery (1995 b).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Halmahera (Indonesia). Sula, Peleng, and Sangihe Isl records are erroneous, and a single Sulawesi record (obtained from a dealer) is dubious (Bergmans and Rozendaal, 1988; K. Helgen, pers. comm.; Koopman, 1993).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
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Every page naming Pteropus caniceps in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218648.